Politicized collective identity requires power struggles reaching beyond immediate antagonists

Evidence

These examples are drawn from very different cultural, national, and political contexts, but they all share three critical themes. First, the protagonists in these scenarios acted not as single individuals but as members of social groups. Second, these groups and their members were involved in power struggles. Third, the power struggles were about control in the wider societal context so that besides the immediate antagonists, these struggles also involved third parties such as societal authorities or the general public. We suggest that it is possible to derive from these themes the critical constituents of a social psychological conceptualization of politicized collective identity. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4395

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines politicized collective identity through its three constituent conditions.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4395
• XREF: connects to: Building inward-facing social ties is a prerequisite for later outward political action — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1437; Intergroup power struggles always involve a third-party audience beyond two antagonists — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 4411; Politicization requires forcing wider society to take sides, not mere group confrontation. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 4433 (+5 more)